Stapleton () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Condover, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It neighbours the villages of Exfords Green and Dorrington, and is closely bypassed by the A49. It is near the town of Shrewsbury and near the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In Stapleton is an 18th-century church with a cemetery and First World War war memorial site. History There is an embankment in the parish that has been suggested to be the remains of a Roman station. The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist is an ancient building that was re-seated in 1790. Stapleton was an ancient parish in the Condover division of the Hundred of Condover, and was a civil parish until 1 April 1967, following which it became part of the present civil parish of Condover. The Stapleton parish contains the hamlets of Upper and Lower Moat, Netley, Shady Moor, and Vinnels. 235 people lived in Stapleton in 1831 but by 1961 the population had shrunk to 191, and it is estimated that in 2011 it had grown to 245. In 1831 there were 45 houses to house the 235 people that lived in the village which means on average 5–6 people lived in each house; by 1961 there were 55 houses to house the 191 people which is an average of 3–4 people in each home. Out of the 72 people employed in 1831 in Stapleton 56 worked in agriculture including farmers and labourers who worked for them. From this we can see that farming and agriculture dominated the workforce of Stapleton. One of the places people worked is The Old Diary, which is still a working farm today. Parish church The church notable for the fact that on the top of the thick walls of a Saxon or Early Norman building a second church (on one side presently above the level of the churchyard soil) was built in the 12th century, thus creating two storeys, which were then moved into the current lofty building. The unified building was lit by 14th century windows. In the churchyard is a large tumulus supposed to be of Saxon origin. The church organ is among the top six hundred in the country and there is a small tapestry piece in the nave said to have been worked by